NOTES: The Pirates are in last place in the National League Central, 4 ½ games behind the division-leading Milwaukee Brewers. … The Diamondbacks are in the third place in the NL West, two games behind the division-leading Colorado Rockies. … The Pirates lost two of three to the New York Mets over the weekend. … The Diamondbacks have lost two games in a row following a five-game winning streak. … Pirates 2B Josh Harrison is on a 10-game hitting streak, going 17-for-44 (.386) with two doubles, four walks and five strikeouts. … Diamondbacks C Chris Iannetta is 8-for-28 (.286) in his last eight games with two doubles, three home runs, one walk and eight strikeouts. … Williams and Nova are both 1-0 against the Diamondbacks in their careers while Kuhl has never faced them. … Delgado is 0-1 against the Pirates in his career while Ray is 0-2 and Godley has no decisions.

QUOTE TO NOTE: “Obviously, we’re thinking about it in the background and we’re thinking about it internally, but not ready to begin to talk about that publicly at this point,” — Pirates general manager Neal Huntington on if Williams will return to the bullpen when righty Jameson Taillon, who began a rehab assignment Sunday at Class AA Altoona by pitching three scoreless innings, is activated from the disabled list.

UP NEXT: The Pirates go on a five-game road trip with three games against the Mets from Friday-Sunday and two against the Baltimore Orioles on June 6-7.